Woman face charges for withholding information on weapon used in Muheeth's murder

State has filed charges against a woman for allegedly attempting to withhold information about the murder weapon, believed to be used in the brutal stabbing murder of Abdul 'Bobby' Muheeth of Galolhu Veyru in February. The accused Aminath Rasheeda of Henveiru Fehifaih Koalhi has been charged with “stymieing the duties of the Police.”

An official of the Prosecutor General’s (PG) Office revealed that Aminath Rasheeda had been summoned for the police investigation on a court order. Official added that the accused had blatantly denied knowledge of the murder weapon and attempted to withhold evidence in an ongoing murder investigation.

A hearing on the case had been scheduled at the Criminal Court earlier, but was cancelled after the accused failed to appear in court on time.

Article 72 of the Police Act classifies obstruction of police duties as a criminal offence. However, the Article fails to specify the penalty for the offence.

However, Article 75 states that for any offence entailed in the Act that does not specify a penalty, would carry a fine of no more than MVR12,000 or six months in prison or will be fined along with a prison sentence.
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